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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
THE CITY.
THE OPERA HOUSE.
Ffls EHsler Company in "WornaD Against
Woman +"

Fffie ElIsler Company In "WonaD Against
Woman"
4 moderately fair audience witnessed
the domestic drama of "Womsn against
Woman" at the opera house last night.
The plsy is founded upon story OF
English domestic life, so foreign to all
ordinary conceptions Of southern pee Die
as to appear Incredible and eXtrsvagantly
overdrawn. The brawls and bOOrishness
of the English laborer smite harshly upon
the ears Of those VINO have never witness
ed, or indeed dreamed of the gross
brutality Of the European proletarist.
In Texas, no sucn scenes could occur
IN real life. About the first
indignity or rudeness offered a
woman would be the prelude TO the basso
profundo voice of the shotgun, or the
js1ky contralto of the siX-snooter. 1t is
therefore difficult to fullv appreciate the
Loyalty 10 nature and truthfulness OF plays
of this character, even by the more So
phisticated. 1t must be admitted that the
play is strong, though somewhat repulsive
TO our ideas of charity and respect for
woman. 1t is truly q mirror held before
the face of the domestic infelicity OF those
man nature, valuable In itself, but one
with which God forbid that our country
should ever become so familiar as to
nave it accepted as one of our national
or sectional characteristics. 1t is an OBJ
ject lesson which it were well
to learn. No one can wit
ness it without feeling grateful
that his environments are unlike those
of other people, phsrisaical as 1t may
appear. There are situations Impossible
TO rs, where the blood is warm and i'm
pulse quick and reckless, but they are
only what are seen TOO often in Europe
and the east. We cover up de.inquencles
with a msgnan!mous commiseTatlon SO
long as they remain even conVentionslly
secret, but as soon as exposure comes,
social damnation follows releDtlessly.
The characters were well sustained. Miss
Ellsler sustained her reputation-not
more. Weston is the ideal English
wOrkiugmsn, albeit his white hands and
tapering fiogers suggest the necessity OF
ga dash of dust, me boy!" Mr.. Orrin
Johnson, young actor OF some two
months experience, has q future before
him, but in minor parts he must be care
full TO "carry weights" on his voice,
which slips away from his control at
times. Archie Boyd is immense, in the
full local accrptatlon Of the term, and
Miss LlZette LIE Baron is what our wild,
hilsrious vernscular modestly terms ga
daisy" On the whole, the company is a
strong one, and in Camille, st this even
ings, matinee, can be witnessed with
pleasure and benefit.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10

raise means to support herself
ard children. A decree CT divorce
was granted ON September Is, 1884.
! Ga January %, 1888, the appellants 90
tained juegmens in Justices court
sgalnst A. j JorC an, on which sn execu-
| ton issued February 10, 1888, aud this
was levied On COW and two-year old
| he'fer, the only cattle owned By Jordan
and his wife, and also upon q Piano
owned by them. This property was sold
under the execution, and the present
action was brought by Mrs. jordan to
recover damages, actual and Exemplary, on
account OF sale Of this property, which is
alleged to have been exempt from forced
saie. There WAS verdict and Judgment
against the appellants for dsmsges, actual
and exemplary. The decree divoI cling
Mrs. Jordan from her husband was OBJ
cted TO on the ground the special Judge,
who tried the case, was county Judge Of
Harrison county. Hid: If s special
judge within the meaning of the
constitution be such en- officer as
is forbidden to hold another
iii ;e which question is not involved in
this csse) then the acceptance and eXer-
else Of this office would operate an
abandonment of the Office to which he
mad formerly qualified and the act of the
special Judge would be valid. Sc Tex.
rs This action was brought on Sep
TENDER 90, 1885, and the appellants
asked the court to instruct the Jury in
Effect that under the facts OF this case
the statutes of limitation ran
against Mrs. Jordan from the
.ime the sale was made. This
the court refused. Held; Not error. |
Mrs. Jordan continued married woman |
until Sept 10, 1884, and the statute of |
Limitation did not begin to Iun against |
ner until that time. There is no COM |
plant OF the charge Of the court, except
that it informed the jury that the
piano was exempt from forced
sale if it WAS used by the
plaintiff or by her and her husband
rs part OF the furniture OF their house.
Ia this come ction the court instructed
the jury that the word furniture" in-
cludes supply OF necessary, convenient,
or ornamental articles for residence,
and for the purpose of teaching their said
children music thereon. Held: There
was no error il this charge. Judgment
affirmed. Stayton, j.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
BUPG.ER'S PATRIOTISM.
an American Colonel Is Good Enough for
Benz m;n.

an American Colonel Is Good Enough for
Benz m;n.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-DanieI Butterfeld
recently wrote to General Butler, asking
If he would approve of the selection of
the Comte de Paris to deliver the address
on the occasion Of the reunion of "the
Army of the James," to be held next
June at Gettysburg. General Butler re-
piled as follows: "I an too American
and hope too much soldier of the war
of the rebellion to invite Frenchmsn
who, because he was Prince, was per
m tied to play soldier for his own
eggrandiz9ment on the staff of g COM
handing general il that var, and who, as
such officer, was at one time st the head
Of that generals bureau of information
ard for want of knowledge of the peculi-
arities of our people and the idioms of
the language, did his commander, as l
happen to know, CREST mischief, to speak
for the armies of the United States at the
reunion at Gettysburg. 1 would rather
agree to any officer of the rank Of colonel
or above who served in this war to be
such representative of our soldiers.
TSigred BENZ. +. BUTLER.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY.

a Very Interesting Entertainment at Tho
Wesleyan Oolls sc Last Night.
There was large audience present last
night at the exercises OF the Pnilomathean
Literary Sociey. The programme as
published in THE GAZETTE, was carried
out, and without exception all did
well. The debate was the feature Of the
evening, and was pronounced the best
discussion ever listened TO at the College.
The question was that tariff for revenue
only was the proper thing and the sffirma-
tive won. Messrs. o. Ovens, Mont Reilly
and Professor Peterson were the judges.
Messrs. N ,cks and Snow championed the
successful side and Messrs. Cannon and
Terrell the negative. The society is
doing a good work.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
NINA VANZANDT-SPIES.
She Makes Her First state m.nt to the Pub
lie in a Labor Paper.


lie in a Labor Paper.
CHICAGO, ILL, Dec. Nina Vsn-
Zandt who calls herself the wild " of
August Spies has published the following
remarkable letter in labor paper to-day.
Il is the first time Nina has come before
the public with any thing in the way of a
statement
To the Editor:
1 do not refute the hireling liars of the
lazy jscksl (capitalisD press. 10
the fist place, never read
these papers myself. In the
second, they are not worth answering
But have just been told of tale Kissed
and rehissed by the scandal mongers (to
think that people read such stuff which
recognize to have originated in
the hallucinations of "society mad"
woman to whom I am unfortunately
related. Now, do not consider it in
good taste TO parade private affairs before
the public, but l wish to state once for
all that the tale is untrue. 1t is to
the effect that l was "heiress"
to an estate owned by an aunt in Pitts
Durg, and that upon my marriage L was
summarily "disinherited" and left to
pine. Now when l joined hsnds
in spirit (tor 8 cowsrdIy, petty
sutocrat did not "permit"
us, even to see each otaer through an
iron network on the occasion, and for
eight weary, dreadful weeks atterward
with my beloved husband) he we'll
knew that I brought him only myself
with a wealth CT affection, trust and rev
erence. He knew that number Otyears
ago I had fatty refused TO espous g
prospective "heiress" to some prop
erty gained By methods Of which
l don't approve, and owned OF person
whom could not, knowing her, respeca
l shall be obliged if you will publish this,
and over my signa ure. Very respect
fully, NINA VANZANDT-SP SPIES 90
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
defendants in error is q

land sued for by defendants in error is q
part Of the James Pirchbsck survey,
which it Is admitted is OWaed by them.
The P nchbock is an off e survey, made
by virtue Of One-thiTd iesgue certificate,
and it's boundaries Sre fixed in the field
notes by lines Of surrounding surveys.
Held: Applying the general rules as
construed il Stafford vs.. King, and
the principles decided in Brown
vs.. Hunter TO the facts OF this
case, we conclude that the court
below did not err In findiog that the land
in controversy is included within the
boundaries Of the Pirclbsck survey. It
is well settled that the beginning call or
corner IN q grant, Is III no higher dignity
or greater might than say other. The
PinchOack grant calls TO begin 81 the
Davis southeast corner, thence east st POI
vsTas pass BIouuL's northeast corner.
IN the field notes that follow
four well establish snd identified
corners ere called fer. the last being the
Davis northeast corner, from which point
to the point OF beginning the Call CORE
spends with the call in the Davis field
notes for the line between it's northeast
and southeast corner. The D6vis south
esst corner being established by course,
following = marked line for about three
fOurths of the distance from It's northeast
corner to the well-marked and
identified north line of the Biount survey,
the tree beginning point Of the Pinch0ack
survey must be st the same place, and
the call in the PiHchoack field notes to
pass the northeast corner of the BlOunt
/ Pol varas from its southwest and Be
ginning corner must be treated as 3 de-
scripllye and not IocsriVe Call. Judg-
ment Affirmed Acker. j
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
TIE CHATS WORTH WRECK.
The Investigating Commission Bring in .
Report.

The Investigating COmmIssiOn Bring In .
Report.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL Dec. 9.-Atter
number of weeks spent in Investigation
of the causes which led to the Chats worth
wreck, the Illinois Railway and Ware
house Commission has submitted to Gov
ernor Oglesby q report stating that in
their opinion "the train would not have
teen destroyed if the bridge had not
burned before the train reached it." They
found no evidence to snow the burning
was the work of en- iucendiary, but held
the railway is censurable for neglect in
failing TO inspect the track and bridges in
advance of the trSins, They said that the
poor financial condition of the road does
not relieve it of responsibility.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
Tableware workmen Strike.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 9.-This after
noon President Smith of the American
Flint Glass Workers Association ordered
a general strike of the tableware work
men to take effect tomorrow, the strike
to be against the rates and scale adopted
By the manufacturers. All other branches
of flint glass workers will continue work
for the present at least. The strike will
effect 400 men and cause suspensions
of work in nineteen factories.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
Paris.
special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, Tx, Dec. County court is
grinding away and has turned cut large
number of convictions.
The enforcement Of the cow ordinance
has created no little annoyance and hard
feeling,. The city will have several law
suits on the strength of same.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
To AdYeriiAnra.

THE GAZETTE has no further promises
10 make than its regular circulation for
December, and it viii not charge you any
more for advertising in this than any
other month of the year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
Coffee Situation,

NEW YORK, Dec. Notwithstanding
the decline in the coffee market at Havre
the market here closed firm. Receipts in
RIO and Santos were very light, end it is
understood that the stock in Rio is get
ting down to low figure.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
stage Robber Convicted.
Special to the Gazette.

Sp6CIhi 20 ING UdZtEES'
WACO, TEX Dec. 9 -LATER.-James
News"m, the lone highwayman on trial
in the United States court for stage rob-
berry in Western t. xss, was tonight con-
victed Of the offense.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
wanted, Ever bodr

To buy their groceries Where they can
come the nearest getting exactly what
they are louking for. Apply on premises
or cali N person at the Fort Worth Gro
Ger Co.'S. and leave Eour orders for the
coming holiday season.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
Large nope.

We have q cenplefe stock of large
siz3 rope which We csrry in stock and
will cut TO suit the purchaser. Don't
forgeEfne place when you need rope.
FORT WORTH GROCER Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
To Advertisers,

THE GAZETTE has no furtrer promises
to mike Insn its regular c1cula'lon for
December, and it will not charge you any
m re for advertising in this than any
o.aer month OF the year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
To Advertisers.

If you want good, straight advertising
for the holidays, at regular rates, use
TIE GAZETTE. 1t is the only frst-class
advertising medium in the city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
One Visit Does Its

The second visit ia not necessary in
getting what YoHswsnt II you are patrols
OF the Fort Worth Grocer Compsny's.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
ORR ON THE STAND.
ally neeIsres He Never Au-
lq wiltshire or Eckert 10
Buy Grsln for Him

cameo ton with the Bank De-
.lrss - ,Ettness Gives Answer to
50 -.f,gns with SIinuteness.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-16
Personal,

Col W M. S. Dunn, whose health is
now fully restored, will return to the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio some time in January.
DIR. A. M. Henkel paid visit to New
Market last week.
Mr.. Howard D. Hoge, formerly of
Staunt on, has taken an interest in the
Wholesale boot and shoe house of r. r.
Roberts & Co.. in Richmond, and the
firm will hereafter be Roberts & Hoge
Mr.. Hoge is young business man full of
energy and with the capital to back it.
Among those baptised into the Catho lie
Church by His Emlnence, Cardinal Glib
bons at the Cathedral 10 Baltimore on
Friday last, was Mr.. James Mills, Jr.
late of Staunton.
The Staunton little ones hold their own
wherever they emigrate to. We see in the
Lynchburg schools Roll of Honor the
name of Julia 6. Bailie, a clever little
daughter of Mr.. VIM. II. Baltic of the In /.
ternal Revenue Department there.
Mrs. J. J. Shirley left this week for st.
Gainesville, Ohio, to spend the Christmas
holidays at her maternal home there.
The Patent Office at Washington has
granted patent to James W. Davis of
Staunton, for dumping car.
Miss Minnie Palmer left this week TO
make long visit to friends at Maysville,
Ky.
Mr.. 5. L. VanMeter of Lexington, KY,
the administrator of the estate of the late
Capt. Geo. W. Swoope, was in the city
this week, on business connected with it
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-16
MORTON MARYE,
Attempt to Rob the Waynesboro
POSt.Office,

The WaynesborO Post-office is located in
store, but next door to the store. Mr..
Wright is the postmaster. His family re-
side over the store and Office. Y yesterday
morning about 2 O'Clock, Miss Annie
Wright, daughter of the postmaster, heard
a rattling among papers in the post-offl, &c
and told her father. He got up, but the
noise ceasing said it must be a rat that he
had heard for several nights, and went to
bed again. About daybreak Mr.. Min.
CT trke, who manages the creamery teams,
came there and found light burDing in
the store. He aroused Mr.. Wright. 1t was
found that the burglars, evidently ex-
per,s, had bored the store front door and
opened it. and then the door between the
store and the postofice. They had taken
the store lamp, lighted it and put it down
before the office safe and commenced Dor
ing and had gotten a good way IN the
work when they were frightened off, it IS
suppo sed by Miss Annie Wright calling
her father up. The tools they used in
getting in, they had gotten by breaking
inCo Critters blacksmith shop, and when
they left they left these tools there, but
carried off their own tools for safe boring
There were evidently two Or three men
engaged in 1t anG all the letter boxes had
been rummaged for registered letters. They
are part of an expert gang Of burglars
now in the Valley, who in the last few
nights have committed safe burglaries at
Luray, Fincastle and Charlottesville. At
Fincastle they robbed the County Treas
urer's safe OF $500 in county bonds.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-16
Collision in a Fog.
THREE MEN KILLED ON A c. & o.
FREIGHT TRAIN.

FREIGHT TRAIN.
The dense fog which prevailed in Staun-
ton last Sunday morning extended long
way West on the G. e .. Ry. About
O'Clock that morning, the first section of a
freight train on that railroad stopped at
the tank one mile West Of Covington for
water. AS it stood there the second sec
ton following it came rushing down
steep grade and ran into the rear car
Three men who we're on the engine of the
second section were killed-Capt. j. S. Fry
the conductor, of Hagerstown, Md Fire
man Merriman, of Hinton, and Pnin.
Lynch. of the White Sulphur Springs. The
engineer of that section escaped byjumping
No one was injured on the first section.
Mr.. Lynch was son of the venerable
VIM. B. Lynch, for so many years the
ageut at the White Sulphur Springs of
the Trotter stage line. Capt. Fry's body
was taken out of the wreck very soon, but
the bodies of the other two were not got
ten out until the road had been cleared
and the east bound express had passed by
"a period of four hours. Some twelve or
fifteen cars containing cotton and tobacco
were wrecked and the track sJreWed with
their contents.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-16
Death of a Native Of Augusta,

TIL, Saybrook Qll.) "Gazette' notices
sha death of Mr.. William TOWberman, a
wealthy citizen of that place, and d Young
or brother of John Towberman, Esq.,. Of
this county. He was forty-nine years
old, emigrated from Augusta to llli-
nois at the age of nineteen, and was one
of the first settlers of tie town of New
Holland. When the civil war came on, be
Joined the 73d regiment of Illinois voiun-
teers and Was disabled by a wound in 1868
He was an enterprislng man and erected
an Elevator and a Masonic Hall at New
Holland and by his general activity in
business accumulated fortune. The
ssGazette' says: "He was kind husband
and obl1gipg neighbor, and man whose
large experience made him valuable adj
wiser. while his kindness of heart and
good deeds won HIM the affection and
esteem of all.'' His widow survives hisa.
With Mr.. Towberman's death there now
survive but three of family of ten
brothers and sister-John Towherman of
Augusta, Mrs. Henry RAIDER Of Augusta,
and Adam Towberman of Iowa, and of
the three the first named is the oldest.
Mr.. William Tow herman had only visited
Augusta county twice since be left it as
a boy, both visits having been made since
sEhe civil war.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-16
Weddings.

On Tuesday afternoon, at the residence
of VIM. A. Burnett, Esq, Clerk of th
County Court, his daughter, Miss Eff
Purvis Burnett, was married to Mr.. vii
liam Burke Miller of the National Vale!
Bank. The ceremony was performed b!
Rev. w. q. Hullihen rector of Trinity
church. The wedding was private one
only few Intimate friends of the fam
lilies being present. The young couple
left Oil the q. & O Express that afternoon
for d wedding trip North and carried
with them perhaps as many good wishes
and as much affectionate esteem founded
On their excellent qualities, as any bridal
couple that ever left Stanton.
In the Lutheran church at Salem, on
! the l4th inst, DR.. A. z. Koiner of Roa-
noke City, and formerly of Augusta, was
married by Rev. DIR. L. G. Miller. to Miss
Lizzie Simmons, daughter of Capt. S. F.
Simmons, President of the Salem National
Bank. DR.. and Mrs. Koiner left on the
same day on Northern tour.
On the Both ult.. at the residence of her
mother in Coyington, KY, Miss Alice G..
Bailey, who has made many friends in
Staunton during her visits to her relative,
Mrs. Jos. B. Woodward, was married to
Mr.. VIM. Garvey. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Robert Gibson, rector
of Christ church in Cincinnati, "a son-in-
law of Hon. A. H. III. Stuart), assisted by
Rev. Frank Baker. of Trinity church,
Covington. Mr.. and Mrs. GarYey sailed
on the Etruria on the 10th inst. for Eu-
rope. The bride is daughter of the late
Samuel M. Bailey, formerly of Richmond.
and widely knowl in the American TO-
bacco trade.
On Wednesday last at 8 P. M. at the
Staunton Bap ist church, Miss Lucy
Miller, daughter of Simeon E. Miller,
Esq. was married to Mr.. Geo. J. Sigwald
of Charleston, S. G. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. James Nelson, D. d.,
pastor of the church. The ushers were
Messrs. Ernest Hartman and Walter Hoge.
The church was brightly Illuminated, and
crowded. The bride was dressed in
tailor made suit of brown cloth with hat
to match, and wore handsome seal skin
sacque. She received many hand
some presents, including one from the
groom. of gold watch and chain. Mr.
and Mrs. Slgwald left on the G. & o.
evening express. Wednesday, for trip to
the northern cities.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-16
4 Lively Christmas Opening.

Yesterday morning there lay in Adams
Express office half dozen deer and five
OR SIX bags full of rabbits. while in front
stood the Express wagon alive with coops
of turkeys and chickens. ALI were going
North to make a merry Christmas. AL
ready at the Adams office here the Christ
mas presents from the South for the school
girls have commenced coming in and there
is besides lively receipt of early presents
for others from abroad. The office, besides
its regular force, has two extra expert
shipping clerks employed for the holidays.
The Adams line reaches to every part Of
the country, to the humble country vii
lage as well as the large cities everywhere,
and its arrangements for the holidays are
always perfect.